The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-17

persons are reported wounded, but none
killed.
THE city of Knoxville, Tenn, has voted,
almost unanimously, to subscribe 100000
to railroad enterprises that promise to
greatly increase her prosperity.
FULLY 5000 people Sunday heard Chan
cellor John II. Vincent's baccalaureate adj
dress at Chautauqua to the class of 1887,
which graduates to-day. About 1000 mem
bers of the Pansy " class were present.
THIEVES robbed moving freight-train on
the Reading railway on Sunday, by tying
ropes to the foot board on the roof of the
cars and letting themselves down the side
to the doors. They escaped with much
booty.
ON the Northwestern railroad, near Nor
way, Mich, a crew of men, after finishing a
water tank, filed it with water to test it,.
While the men were eating dinner the tank
suddenly burst, killing six men and badly
injuring six others.
AT Rockaway Beach Professor T. S. Bald
win leaped from his balloon at height of a
mile and by means of parachute descended
safely into the water quarter of a mile
from shore The descent occupied one min
ute and twenty-four seconds.
In the race for the Boston Herald 81 600
punch-bowl the Volunteer " captured the
trophy, beating her nearest competitor, the
Puritan" one and one-half miles. The
Atlantic " was third the Priscilla "
fou tn and the " Maytlower fifth.
SENATOR R1DDLEBERGER was fined by a
Judge at Winchester, Va, last week for
contempt of court. Refusing to pay, he was
committed to Jail, from which he was res
cued by friends Saturday night, but on
Monday he voluntarily returned to Jail.
AT Brooklyn, Iowa, fire destroyed King s
new opera-house. Loss 100000 no in
surance. Three small buildings were also
consumed. William Crawford was killed
by the falling building, and Warren Martin
was run over by fire-engine and fatally
injured.
HENRY S. IVES, the young Napoleon of
Wal street, after great deal of fighting
and crowding, has been forced to resign
the presidency of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton road. 1t is probable that he was
paid 100000 for doing so. He has also
failed, with liabilities of several millions.
DISPATCHES from points in Illinois, Wis
conSin, Michigan, Iowa and Minnesota in
dictate that refreshing rains fell generally in
the Northwest Wednesday night and
Thursday of last week, giving fresh life to
crops and aiding the people in checking the
prairie and forest fires which have been
raging.
The west-bound passenger express train
on the Southern Pacific was run off a
switch near Payago, Arizona, by fouI
masked men. The engine was ditched and
the express-car robbed of about $4,000
The robbery occurred at the same point
where the west-bound express was robbed in
April last
RETURNS from all but seven counties in
Kentucky make the democratic vote al +,
O69; republican, I'D ,414 prohibition, 1926
lapor, 4,oid, wnIch Is a uelnocratic majority
ol 0hiy o,f9o. ne remaining counties VIII
auu ABOUT o,ooo Notes, bringing Ihe IoVal ul
10 zof;ooV Notes, Ut more, winch Is nearly
lV,Voo larger thah ever casI pelore Ill tha'
STATE
AN attempt was made to wreck special
train on the Windsor Il Annapolis railway
on the occasion of the recent visit of Messrs
Schneider, Pottinger and Archibald, the head
officials of the Dominion railway. The OBJ
ects Placeu upon the track cohsls,eu Oh
10y anouC VhG SiHo VI d Ieies.api puie anu
nuSe Ioch' ne aI,ellpu was UNSUCCESSFUL
anu oiie iiiouiNe uhhno"h'
IT is not improbable that Rev. NJ. w
Reed of Denver, Col, may be selected 10y
the congregation of Plymouth church tc
succeed the late Henry Ward Beecher. Mr.
Reed originally preached in Indianapolis
in the church where Mr.. Beecher held his
first pastorate. He is a man about fifty
years of age and is quite as liberal in his
views as the late pastor OF Plymouth church
A FIENDIsH attempt at train-wreckinp /.
reported on the burlington & MISSOURI
River road. AS a passenger-train was cross
| ing a trestle bridge across a deem ravine the
Woodwork was discovered to be on fire. Ar
investigation disclosed the fact that tn,
strngers and braces were entirely consumed
and that the bridge was in shaky condi.